| Rnk | LW | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Chicago Bears | 5-0 | Firing on all cylinders. Have outscored their opponents 156 to 36. |
| 2. | 2. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-0 | Keep winning. Struggles against the Jets and especially the Titans has to be a concern. |
| 3. | 4. | Denver Broncos | 3-1 | The defense has been able to overcome the pedestrian play of Plummer and the offense since the opening week debacle. |
| 4. | 5. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-1 | TO madness can be put on the backburner. At least until their Christmas day matchup in Dallas. |
| 5. | 6. | New England Patriots | 4-1 | Find themselves already in total control of the AFC East as their divisional opponents self destruct. |
| 6. | 7. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-1 | Henry's suspension actually comes at a fairly good time with Houshmandzadeh finally healthy and Washington developing into a more than adequate option as the third receiver. |
| 7. | 8. | Seattle Seahawks | 3-1 | Can not afford an off game in St. Louis with Alexander on the shelf against a divisional rival that already owns a half game lead. |
| 8. | 3. | Baltimore Ravens | 4-1 | McNair's late game magic was not evident in Denver. |
| 9. | 11. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-2 | Woke up after disappointing road losses to the Colts and Redskins. |
| 10. | 10. | Atlanta Falcons | 3-1 | One dimensional offense that comes off the bye week needing to show improvement in the passing game. |
| 11. | 13. | San Diego Chargers | 3-1 | Schottenheimer loosened the reins on Rivers with good results. |
| 12. | 14. | Carolina Panthers | 3-2 | Travel to Baltimore to try to extend their 3 game winning streak. Better buckle up the chin straps. |
| 13. | 16. | St. Louis Rams | 4-1 | Wilkins is on pace to shatter the record for most field goals in a season set just last year by Rackers. Linehan would probably rather see his offense get into the endzone more often. |
| 14. | 17. | New Orleans Saints | 4-1 | Bush got into the endzone for the first time in his pro career on a fourth quarter punt return that provided the margin of victory. |
| 15. | 18. | New York Giants | 2-2 | Bickering between the players and coaches during the bye week did not carry over onto the field. |
| 16. | 9. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-2 | Bledsoe folded under pressure and TO spent the afternoon complaining bitterly to his receivers coach. Not exactly a surprising turn of events. |
| 17. | 21. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-2 | Kitna handed them an important divisional victory. Johnson and the passing game need to make more plays for them to seriously contend. |
| 18. | 12. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-3 | Roethlisberger has 7 interceptions and 0 touchdowns in his 3 starts. That is simply impossible to overcome. |
| 19. | 22. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-2 | Huard continued to perform well in relief of Green engineering a miraculous comeback over the Cardinals. Maybe more importantly LJ escaped serious injury on a late game flagrant facemask by Rolle. |
| 20. | 15. | Washington Redskins | 2-3 | Offense took a step backwards in the Meadowlands after good showings against the Texans and more impressively the Jaguars. |
| 21. | 19. | Buffalo Bills | 2-3 | Jauron's return to Chicago was not triumphant to say the least. |
| 22. | 20. | New York Jets | 2-3 | Found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time in Jacksonville against a team looking to avenge 2 straight tough losses. |
| 23. | 29. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-3 | Smith, Gore and Bryant make them dangerous. |
| 24. | 24. | Houston Texans | 1-3 | Carr has quickly learned Kubiak's offense and surpringly leads the league with a quarterback rating of 108.9. |
| 25. | 23. | Cleveland Browns | 1-4 | Hamstrung by a lack of explosiveness at the offensive skill positions. |
| 26. | 25. | Arizona Cardinals | 1-4 | Leinart's debut ended in defeat after an impressive 14 point first quarter. The loss is the least of their worries. Fitzgerald will miss up to 5 weeks after pulling a hamstring. Plus Chicago is coming to town for a prime time Monday night matchup. Could get really ugly. |
| 27. | 26. | Green Bay Packers | 1-4 | Former Steelers draft pick Herron had a breakout game in defeat replacing the injured Green and fumble prone Morency. |
| 28. | 27. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-4 | Sixth round rookie Gradkowski, a Dormont native and Seton-La Salle graduate, gives them some hope for the future. |
| 29. | 28. | Miami Dolphins | 1-4 | Harrington gets a second start as Saban and Culpepper fued. What a mess. Should have offered Brees more money in the off season when they had the chance. |
| 30. | 30. | Detriot Lions | 0-5 | Blew a 14 point second half lead as Kitna imploded and threw 2 fourth quarter interceptions for touchdowns. Neither McCown nor Orlovski present much of an option behind Kitna. |
| 31. | 31. | Tennessee Titans | 0-5 | The natives are getting restless as evidenced by this website. |
| 32. | 32. | Oakland Raiders | 0-4 | Turned the ball over on 3 consecutive plays at the start of the fourth quarter in San Fransisco. Walter ended up throwing 2 interceptions and losing a fumble. His replacement Tuiasosopo then threw 2 picks in less than a quarter of play. Think maybe they should have drafted Rivers, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Leinart or Cutler when they had the chance? |